Display cabinet



Nov. 2 1926.

J. A. DAVIS msmw cmmm Filed Dec. 5, 1924 1N VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented New, 2,

. URid'TED STATES JOHN ADAMS DAVIS, OF NEW YORK, N..Y.

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application ar a December 5, 1924. Serial No. 754,013.

This invention relates to display cabinets designed for the display of wearing apparel and is herein shown as constructed particularly forthe display of hats, and has for one of its primary objects the provision of a device of the character mentioned by means of which the article to be displayed may be attractively exhibited and by means of which a prospective customer may be enabled to readily determine whether or not the article on display is of a becoming design to himself.

Other objects and certain advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a store front including a display window within which the device embodying my invention is located.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown what I at present consider the preferred form of my invention the numeral 5 indicates as a whole a store front including a display window 6, within which the device, embodying my invention and indicated as a whole by the numeral 7, is located. The device comprises a cabinet 8 having side walls 9 and a rear wall 10, the cabinet as a whole being provided, of course,

'with a top 11. Intermediate the side walls 9 and in proximity to the rear wall 10 there is arranged a vertical rib 12 provided upon opposite sides with grooves or channels 13 corresponding to similar grooves 14 formed in facing strips 15 carried by the side mem-' bers 9 at their respective front edges. These grooves are adapted for the reception of a pair of mirrors .16 and 17 arranged at an angle with respect to each other as shown most clearly in Figure 3.

The article to be displayed, such as a hat, for example, indicated by the numeral 18, is arranged within a compartment 19 located directly above the mirror 16, the hat being supported upon a shelf or other suitable support 20 arranged at the upper edge and to the rear of the mirror 16. The compartment 19 may be lined with a suitable upholstering material 21 such as cloth or silk, for example, to provide a background in corntrast with the article on display. compartment is adapted to be illuminated by means of an electric lamp indicated by the numeral 22, so arranged as to also illuminate the article on display to the best advantage. If desired the display device in its entirety may be provided on the top thereof with a suitable covering such as is indicated by the numeral23, to lend attractiveness to the device as a whole.

It will be noted that the mirror 17 is somewhat taller than the mirror 16, the extra length being provided for a purpose which will hereinafter more clearly appear.

If a prospective customer is attracted by the article on display, which article in this instance is shown as a hat, and stands approximately in the vicinity of the foot prints- 24 outlined upon the pavement 25, he may be able not only to readily observe the article on display but also to determine whether or not such article. is becoming to himself. In order to make such determination the prospective customer so faces the mirror 16 on a line perpendicular thereto that the hat appears to be in position upon the observers head, no image of the prospective customers hat being reflected, of course, as will be readily appreciated. If it is now desired to compare the appearance of the hat on display with the hat worn by the prospective purchaser he may merely turn his head and face the mirror 17 on a line perpendicular thereto, thus enabling him to formulate an opinion as to how the article.

on display appears in contrast with the hat, probably a relatively old one, worn by the prospective customer. The mirror 17, being somewhat taller than the mirror 16, is of a sufficient height to enable the observer to make the desired observation in so far as the appearance ofhis old hat is concerned.

While I have shown the device embodying my invention located within a display window it will be readily understood that the same may be employed in other locations to advantage not only as a means for displaying a particular article but as a means for enabling a prospective customer to readily make the observations above mentioned for the pur ose of contrasting the appearance of hiso d hat with the new one.

Having thus described my invention I claim: I I

1. A display device comprising a mirror having a compartment adjacent thereto adapted for the reception of an article to be displayed, and a support adapted to so support Within said compartment an article for display that the article on display appears to be Worn by a person Whose image is reflected in said mirror when the person assumes a given position With respect thereto.

2. A display device comprising a mirror having a compartment adyacent thereto adapted for the reception of an article to be displayed, a support adapted to so support Within said compartment an article for display that the article on display appears to be Worn by a person Whose image is reflected in said mirror when the person assumes a given position with respect thereto, and means for illuminating said compartment and the article on display.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixcd my signature to this specification.

JOHN ADAMS DAVIS. 

